Use dnf on Alma Linux to only install security updates.
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Read MoreUseful ways to find packages on a Linux system using grep. This would be very useful.
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Read MoreThis is how to get information about recently installed packages on Ubuntu. This is looking at the lowlatency package I just installed. 4.4 Thu Jun 04 jason@Yog-Sothoth 0: $ grep "lowlatency" /var/log/apt/history.log | sed "s/ /\n/gi"; Commandline: apt install linux-image-5.3.0-24-lowlatency Install: linux-image-5.3.0-24-lowlatency:amd64 (5.3.0-24.26~18.04.2), linux-modules-5.3.0-24-lowlatency:amd64 (5.3.0-24.26~18.04.2, automatic) Commandline: apt-get install –reinstall…
Read MoreListing the installed files for packages installed for Venom Linux is very easy. The scratch command will do this just fine. $ scratch files nano1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26…
Read MoreThe dpkg command can be used to list all installed packages. I wanted to list the language packs installed with Firefox. So the command below is perfect. jason@Yog-Sothoth:~$ dpkg –list firefox-locale-* Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold | Status=Not/Inst/Conf-files/Unpacked/halF-conf/Half-inst/trig-aWait/Trig-pend |/ Err?=(none)/Reinst-required (Status,Err: uppercase=bad) ||/ Name Version Architecture Description +++-==============================-====================-====================-================================================================== ii firefox-locale-de 75.0+build3-0ubuntu0 amd64 German language…
Read MoreThis script will check for updates on an Arch Linux machine. This could be run as a daemon with CRON. #!/bin/bash export DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS=unix:path=/run/user/1000/bus DISPLAY=:0 tmpdb=/tmp/checkup-db dbpath=/var/lib/pacman mkdir /tmp/checkup-db && ln -s "${dbpath}/local" "${tmpdb}" fakeroot — yay -Syyb "${tmpdb}" –logfile /dev/null updates="$(yay -Qub "${tmpdb}" 2>/dev/null)" [[ -n "$updates" ]] && notify-send…
Read MoreAn already installed package on a Debian based system may be repackaged into a Debian *.deb file for sharing with someone else, or for a backup if the user wishes. This is very useful. Also, it is possible to get information about the number of installed packages, and the number…
Read MoreThe Linux command line may be used to create a graphical display of package dependencies. This is good for visualizing what other components of Ubuntu are required for a certain package to operate. And the images look very cool when put on a website as well. A great Linux feature….
Read MoreGetting started with the Ubuntu Linux distribution Getting started with Ubuntu is a lot of fun, this post will show you how to get setup after installation of the new Ubuntu 17.04 distribution. Download a copy of Ubuntu Kylin 17.04 here: http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ubuntukylin/daily-live/current/. After the installation of Ubuntu Kylin, I could…
Read MoreThe MS DOS operating system has quite a lot of command-line arguments that may be used to ease the task of file management. Sure, it is no match for the Linux shell, but the DOS operating system in its time. But then along came the easy to use Linux distributions…
Read MoreThe apt package manager allows management of all installed packages and the installation of new software on a Linux system. It also allows the retrieval of information about installed packages. To list all installed packages, run this command. This does not require sudo or su. jason$ apt list –installedjason$ apt…
Read MoreTo list all non-free Linux packages that are installed on your Linux Mint system, use this one-liner. This prints out a list of all non-free packages that are installed on a system. jason@jason-virtual-machine ~ $ dpkg-query -W -f ‘${Section}/${Package}\n’ | grep -E ‘^(contrib|multiverse|non-free|partner|restricted)/’ | sort contrib/kernel/virtualbox-guest-dkms contrib/misc/virtualbox-guest-utils contrib/x11/virtualbox-guest-x11jason@jason-virtual-machine ~ $…
Read MoreThe package manager in FreeBSD 10.3 is very effective and easy to use for setting up your FreeBSD 10.3 system. Here is how to install it. type this command as root. pkgpkg This will install the pkg package management system. Then, once that has completed, type this command to update…
Read MoreTo find a specific package that offers a certain file, the whatprovides parameter to dnf will do what you wish. Here is an example, I am looking for all packages that provide the vim command. [jason@hackerbox Documents]$ dnf whatprovides "*/vim" Last metadata expiration check performed 26 days, 19:55:19 ago on…
Read MoreThe aptitude command for Ubuntu may be used to search for packages. This makes it easy to find the appropriate package you are searching for. In this example, I am searching for the openvpn packages. ubuntu ~ $ sudo aptitude search openvpn p gadmin-openvpn-client – GTK+ configuration tool for openvpn…
Read MoreThere is a new package manager available for Windows 8.1, this allows the installation of Windows software with the Powershell command line. Windows PowerShell Copyright (C) 2014 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. PS C:\WINDOWS\system32> Install-Package -name Chrome WARNING: Skipping package provider provider ‘NuGet’– missing required option ‘Destination’ The package ‘xChrome’…
Read MoreThis is another way to find out who your user is. bash 07:15:16 Fri Jul 05 [homer@deep-thought $ who is linux homer pts/0 2013-07-05 19:10 (:0.0)bash 07:15:16 Fri Jul 05 [homer@deep-thought $ who is linux homer pts/0 2013-07-05 19:10 (:0.0) And this command lists all logged in users on your…
Read MoreTo install a Debian *.deb packages that you have downloaded, use this command. john@adeptus-mechanicus ~/Downloads $ sudo dpkg -i rxvt_2.6.4-14_i386.debjohn@adeptus-mechanicus ~/Downloads $ sudo dpkg -i rxvt_2.6.4-14_i386.deb This will install the Debian package. john@adeptus-mechanicus ~/Downloads $ sudo dpkg -i rxvt_2.6.4-14_i386.deb [sudo] password for john: Selecting previously unselected package rxvt. (Reading database…
Read MoreThe me-tv software for Linux Mint 13 Maya was not working for me, but I found out that if you download this tarball: https://launchpad.net/debian/+archive/primary/+files/me-tv_1.3.7.orig.tar.gz and install it by running the commands below. ./autogen.sh make make install./autogen.sh make make install Then the software will work. The new version 2.00 release is…
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